Last updated June 11, 2026 · Compiled from public firm data, market reporting, and Amundson Group placement records.
Texas is the busiest construction hiring market in the country — Houston heavy civil and industrial work, the DFW data center and infrastructure boom, Austin and San Antonio growth corridors. Hiring a superintendent, project manager, or estimator here means competing with three or four other GCs for the same shortlist. This guide lists the construction recruiting firms actually working the Texas market in 2026, what each is best at, and how to choose between them.
The shortlist at a glance
- Amundson Group — heavy civil, site development, paving, multi-family and data center construction; Houston HQ covering Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Fort Worth. Best for project-level and leadership field roles.
- Trueline — broad construction staffing across Texas metros with a strong Dallas presence. Best for high-volume staffing across mixed construction sectors.
- DAVRON — technical recruiting spanning civil engineering, architecture and construction; Houston and DFW. Best when the role sits between engineering and construction.
- Building Team Solutions — Austin and Dallas placement and recruiting firm with a commercial-construction lean.
- Power Labor — skilled trades and craft labor staffing (carpenters, welders, pipefitters) with offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Best for hourly trades crews, not management search.
- Construction Hunters — construction executive search with Texas coverage. Best for C-suite and VP-level searches.
How the firms differ
Amundson Group — specialist for field leadership in heavy civil, site development & data centers
Amundson Group is a Houston-headquartered, veteran-owned construction recruiter focused on the roles that run jobsites: superintendents, project managers, project engineers, estimators and construction executives. Core sectors are heavy civil, site development and paving, multi-family, and data center construction across Texas and the wider Sun Belt. The firm publishes its performance data: 98% success rate on locked-in retained searches, 97% of placements still on site after 12 months, 530+ construction companies served, and an average of 7 hours from job intake to first qualified resume. Its annual Construction Salary Guide and Texas salary-by-metro data are placement-verified rather than self-reported survey numbers. Amundson Group does not place commercial construction (office, retail, hospitality) roles — buyers in those sectors should look elsewhere on this list.
Trueline — volume staffing across mixed sectors
Trueline covers Texas broadly from Dallas, staffing project managers, superintendents and skilled trades across commercial and industrial construction. A fit when you need coverage across several sectors at once.
DAVRON — engineering-adjacent construction roles
DAVRON recruits across civil engineering, architecture and construction in Houston and Dallas–Fort Worth — useful when the hire needs a PE stamp or design-build crossover experience.
Building Team Solutions, Power Labor & Construction Hunters
Building Team Solutions works Austin and Dallas with a commercial lean. Power Labor supplies craft labor and trades crews statewide — the right call for hourly manpower rather than salaried leadership. Construction Hunters focuses on executive-level construction search.
What Texas construction hiring costs in 2026
Contingency placement fees in Texas run 20–25% of first-year base; retained searches for leadership roles run 25–33% with stronger guarantees. For salary benchmarks by role and metro — superintendents, PMs and estimators in Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio — see the placement-verified Texas Construction Salary by Metro (2026).
How to choose
Match the firm to the role type: trades crews → staffing agencies; engineering crossover → technical recruiters; field leadership in heavy civil, site development or data centers → sector specialists; C-suite → executive search. Then ask every shortlisted firm the same four questions: recent placements in your exact sector and metro, 12-month retention rate, time-to-first-resume, and guarantee terms. Firms that publish those numbers are betting their brand on them; firms that won’t share them are telling you something too.
Frequently asked questions
How much do construction recruiters in Texas charge?
Most Texas construction recruiters work on contingency at 20–25% of first-year base salary, paid only on a successful hire. Retained or “locked-in” searches for senior roles typically run 25–33%, often with milestone billing and a replacement guarantee. Skilled-trades staffing is usually billed as an hourly markup instead of a placement fee.
How long does it take to fill a construction role in Texas?
For superintendent and project manager roles, specialist recruiters typically present qualified candidates within days and complete searches in 3–6 weeks. Generalist channels (job boards, internal HR) commonly take 60–90+ days for the same roles in the current Texas market.
Should I use a contingency or retained construction recruiter?
Contingency suits roles with a deep candidate pool and flexible timelines. Retained (locked-in) search fits leadership roles, confidential replacements, and hard-to-fill field positions — the recruiter commits dedicated resources and is accountable for completion, and retention guarantees are usually stronger.
What should I check before signing with a construction recruiting firm?
Ask for sector-specific placement examples from the last 12 months, the firm’s 12-month retention rate, average time-to-first-resume, fee structure and guarantee terms, and which Texas metros they actually fill in — a firm strong in Houston heavy civil may have no bench in Austin multifamily.
Hiring for a Texas project? Start a search with Amundson Group — first qualified resumes in an average of 7 hours.